OBITUARY

Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1932, Page 4

OBITUARY

inspector p. J. McCarthy. The sudden death of Inspector Philip James McCarthy took place at Invercargill last evening as the result of a heart seizure. The deceased was officer in charge of the Southland police district. _ • A man of fine physique, his demise will come as a painful surprise for his many friends. Born fifty-eight years ago at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, lie came as a youth of seventeen years to New Zaland, and eight years later, in 1907, he joined the Police Force at Wellington. He was the first officer of the law to b 3 stationed at Kawhia, and-was thence promoted to Te Awamutu and later to Cambridge. On being raided to the rank of Sergeant, lie spent a term in Auckland, and then his first term in Invercargill. The Hokitika Station was his next charge, which he retained from 1919 to 1921, when he as promoted to the post of Senior-Sergeant at Greymouth, where lie spent about five years, after which he was raised to the rank of Sub-In-spector and stationed again in 1926 at Auckland. After a stay of three years in that city, he attained the rank of Inspector and took charge in 1929 of the Southland police district, where he had since remained. Deceased, whose funeral will take place at Greymouth leaves a widow (nee Miss O Connor, of Blenheim, formerly a. champion tennis player), a son, Mr William McCarthy, barrister and solicitor, of Greymouth; and a daughter, Mrs Digby James, of Greymouth.

MRS W, B. GILBERT. 1

The- death took place last night at Grey River Hospital of Mary Kllen, wife of Mr William B. Gilbert, secretary of tbs Grey Harbour Board, after an illness lasting tliree weeks, a sudden heart attack causing death to come unexpectedly. Deceased was a native- of Hau Hau, Hokitika, b.ing a daughter of the late Mr Carson Moore, and was 59 years of age., Before her marriage the deceased was a well known teacher at Fax’s and Kumara. She is survived by her husband, and a family of three sons and two daughters, the sons being William (of Holy Cross Ecclesiastical College, Mosgiel), and James and John, of Greymouta, while the daughters are Sister Mary Rosalie, of the Sisters of Mercy, Christchurch, and Miss Mary Gilbert, of the teaching staff of the Blaketown School. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs Brody, of Gisborne, whilst a brother, who formerly resided in South Africa, died some little time ago nt Melbourne; and she was predeceased earlier in the present year by her father, the late Mr Carson Moore, one of the earliest West Coast pioneers who attained the great age of ninetyseven years. Her husband has been for the past thirty-one years secretarj of the Grey Harbour Board, and .last evening the Board, , out of respect for the deceased, decided to adjourn its regular meeting until next week. Mrs Gilbert was of a most lovable nature, •and her demise will he deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends throughout the West Coast, who will extend their deep sympathy to the bereaved husband and family.

JOHN JARMAN. The deatli took place at Christchurch on Monday of Mr John Jarman, formerly inspector for the Department of Agriculture at Hokitika, and father of Mr H. E. Jarman, accountant to the Christchurch Tramway Board. Mr Jarman, who was 83 years of age, was horn in Devon. He came to New Zealand 45 years ago, and for a few years was engaged in farming at Darfield. Me then joined the Welwyn County Council staff as inspector of slaughter houses, hut when this work was taken over by the Government lie became attached, to the Department of Agriculture as moat inspector. In this capacity he was stationed at various parts of New Zealand, but finally settled at Ilotika, where lie remained for the twelve years prior to his retirement. While at Hokitika He was a member of the vestry of All Saints’ Anglican Church, and a member of the Westland Kilwinning Lodge. For

s'-ioo —•nrs Mr Jarman also acted as secretary to the Westland Agricultural Society. Ii; i 529 lie left Hokitika and took up his home in Christchurch, where he lived ir til his death. One of a family of several sons was killed at Gallipoli.